All Entries in the "games" Category

Free D&D, Rocky PSP Go Launch, Brutal Legend, And More

Dungeons and Dragons Online is enjoying a second life in terms of player count and buzz, all thanks to a new business strategy: giving the game away. Turbine is making their MMO as accessible as possible, and that includes making players who don’t pay anything as happy as possible. Subscriptions are up 40 percent. Ars [...]

DXG-125V Sporty Compact Camcorder

The DXG-125V is designed for those who regularly hike through the woods, ski down high mountains, or sail through the ocean. Sadly, I am not part of this extreme crowd, but if I was, then I could use this camera to record my adventures. The DXG has a rubberized grip that can protect it against [...]

PlayStation Store Update: PSP Go is Go edition

The launch of the PSP Go means that Sony is releasing a lot of downloadable PSP games this week. And I mean a lot. But we’ve also got quite a few interesting demos and add-ons for PS3 owners as well. On to the list.
Digger HD ($9.99) and UNO ($9.99) are the two downloadable PSN games [...]

Week In gaming: PSP Go Is Fail, Uncharted 2 Is Win

This week saw our feature review of Sony’s newest handheld, the PSP Go, as well as previews of the new Ratchet and Clank game and some early thoughts on Uncharted 2. As if that wasn’t enough, we reviewed the new MotorStorm title on the PSP, and realized that Sony pretty much owned this week in [...]

You’re Already dead: Ars Reviews Dead Space: Extraction

Dead Space: Extraction plays with your expectations. It’s the second game in the franchise, but EA decided to go the prequel route this time around to show gamers what happened before the events of the first game. Considering that game began with the main character landing on a derelict ship overrun by monsters, Extraction has [...]

How To Configure Your Router For Gaming

On Gaming Routers and Wi-Fi

Several companies now sell home routers specifically marketed toward gamers. D-Link has their DGL series routers, Netgear markets its WNHDE111 as a great gaming router, and Linksys calls its WRT330N a Gaming Router.
What all of these products have in common is that they incorporate a QoS (quality of service) technology called [...]

Microsoft Plans To Cut Xbox 360 Elite Price By $100

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp plans to slash the price of its high-end Xbox 360 video game console by $100, or 25 percent, stepping up the price war in the video game console market following a similar move by rival Sony Corp.

Effective Friday, Microsoft will drop the price of the Xbox 360 [...]

Cheaper, Slim PlayStation 3

The sharp eyes over at Engadget have discovered that both Kmart and Sears (which are owned by the same company) have begun putting order pages up for a slimmer, cheaper Sony PlayStation 3, which has been rumored for some time now.
The price? $299.99. The ad states that customers can get their hands on the new [...]